Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} RAM & apache MaxClients (rock & a hard place)

[Grant]

>> I can probably dump a lot of apache config.  I still need SSL on both
>> servers even though only nginx faces the user?
>
> Perhaps you need Apache for certain pages otherwise this is simply a
> quick fix which is fair enough, we always like those at times but it
> sounds to me like you could have gained more by simply switching Apache
> for nginx or tuning your max.

My apache processes run pretty heavy so raising MaxClients opens the
potential for an OOM condition.  I would love to completely switch to
nginx from apache but I need apache for certain stuff.  That is
something I will look into in the future though.

> Running both is actually wasting a little memory though you may have
> gained over just Apache.

I can say that before nginx, top was filled with relatively
memory-laden apache processes and now there is only a short list.

> How web proxies with optional caches usually work such as OpenBSDs
> relayd is to keep track of requests perhaps using higher layer info and
> share the load among multiple web servers, perhaps adding headers to
> keep everything functional.

nginx seems much faster than apache which I think is a good reason to
switch over as much stuff as possible.

- Grant